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pelvics shorter than post orbital length of head by about 

 or^e-third the diameter of eye. (Solomon Islands.) 



E. pro-oculis '' Chapman and Schultz 

 86. Dorsal with 13 soft rays; dark band from eye extending beyond 

 opercular edge onto body to a vertical from middle of spinous 

 dorsal; 8 or 9 narrow, dark, vertical bars on body extending 

 to base of dorsal, where 2 or 3 may be divided; nasal cirrus 

 about half the diameter of eye in length; membrane of last 

 dorsal ray not covering first few caudal rays; pectoral shorter 

 than head by less than half the diameter of eye; pelvics longer 

 than post-orbital length of head by nearly half the diameter 

 of eye. (Marshall Islands.) 



E. opsifrontalis Chapman and Schultz 



36. Nasal cirrus always double, ventral one may be bifid or double; dorsal 



with 16 to 20 soft rays; anal with 19 to 21 soft rays. 



9a. Head and anterior part of body evenly dark with no markings; posterior 



part of body and adjacent vertical fins often abruptly pale (bright 



golden in life) with no markings. 



10a. Dorsal with 16 or 17 soft rays; anal with 8 to 20 soft rays. (Eastern 



Indian Ocean; Christmas Island; Timor; New Hebrides Islands.) 



E. bicolor »2 (Day) 

 106. Dorsal with 20 soft rays; anal with 21 soft rays. (Formosa.) 



E. namiyei '' (Jordan and Evermann) 



96. Middle of side of body with 5 to 7 short but distinct white bars evenly 



spaced; a dark spot behind eye; middle caudal fin rays dusky to 



blackish; body plain olive to light greenish brown, undersides pale 



olive; figure 116 E. hawaiiensis ^^ Chapman and Schultz 



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Figure 116. — Ecsenius hawaiiensis Chapman and Schultz, holotype, USNM 112293, from 

 Pearl Harbor. Drawn by A. M. Awl. 



" Ecseiii'is pro-oculis Chapman and Schultz, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 102, p. 519, fig. 92, 1952 (type 

 locality, Munda Lagoon, New Georgia, Solomon Islands; holotype USNM 144722). 



" Salarias bicolor Day, Supplement to the fishes of India, p. 798 (on Tiekell ms.) 1888 (type locality, Saddle 

 Island, Kyoukphyoo Aracan); in Blanford, fauna of British India . . ., Fishes, vol. 2, p. 323, 1889 (on type 

 material).— Weber, Siftoi/a Expeditie, vol. 57, p. 533, 1913 (eastern tip of Timor). 



Salarias furcatus (non de Vis 1884) Johnstone, Report of Ceylon Pearl Oyster Fisheries, vol. 2, no. 15, p. 213, 

 pi. 1, fig. 4, 1904 (type locality, Chilam Paar, Ceylon).— Whitley, Rec. Australian Mus., vol. 17, no. 3, 

 p. 136, 1929). 

 Salarias burmanicus Hora and Mukerji, Rec. Indian Mus., Calcutta, vol. 38, p. 34, 1936 (type locality, 



Maung Magan, Tavoy District, lower Burma). 

 Ecsenius bicolor, Chapman and Schultz, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 102, p. 522, flg. 94, 1952. 



'3 Salarias namiyei Jordan and Evermann, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 25, p. 362, fig. 25, 1902 (type local- 

 ity, Pescadores Islands. 

 Ecsenius namiyei Chapman and Schultz, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 102, p. 525, fig. 95, 1952. 



" Ecsenius hawaiiensis Chapman and Schultz, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 102, p. 526, fig. 96, 1952 (type 

 locality, Oahu Island, Pearl Harbor; holotype USNM 112293; paratypes USNM 112294; It is possible that 

 this species may have come from Guam). 



